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FXUS65 KBYZ 031906
AFDBYZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
106 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- WILDFIRE SMOKE GRADUALLY IMPROVES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FOR THE LATEST AIR QUALITY INFORMATION, VISIT AIRNOW.GOV.
- MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TUESDAY. A FEW RECORD LOWS MAY
BE APPROACHED TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- WARMER AND DRY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPS MAY
REACH TRIPLE DIGITS AGAIN BY FRIDAY.
DISCUSSION
THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...
AS A TROUGH MOVES EAST AND EXITS THE REGION, SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON FOR
LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF BILLINGS. ADDITIONALLY, MUCH OF THE
SMOKE OVER THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AND MOVE SOUTH THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
A FEW DAILY RECORD LOWS FOR AUGUST 4TH MAY BE APPROACHED EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING AS A 1020MB SURFACE HIGH SETTLES IN TONIGHT,
BRINGING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LOWS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S.
HIGHS TUESDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY, IN THE MID TO
UPPER 70S. THEN, A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH WILL BRING A LOW
CHANCE (15-30%) FOR SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
MT/WY BORDER TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO OVERNIGHT.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS IN FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THE END OF THE
WEEK, KEEPING CONDITIONS DRY AND ALLOWING HOT TEMPERATURES TO
RETURN. FRIDAY IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAY, WITH
HIGHS NEAR 100. THEN, THE RIDGE FLATTENS SOME, WHICH WILL ALLOW
HIGHS TO DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND TOWARDS NORMAL BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK (UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S). THIS MAY ALSO ALLOW ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE TO MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY, LEADING TO DAILY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS (20-50% CHANCE). ARCHER
AVIATION
BREEZY NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 25-35KTS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. SMOKE WILL GENERALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY, BUT
SLIGHT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE STILL LIKELY AT KSHR.
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
ACROSS EASTERN MT. TS
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS
TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
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BIL 049/077 053/086 056/093 060/100 064/098 066/094 065/090
00/B 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 10/B
LVM 041/077 044/085 050/092 054/098 057/096 058/093 055/090
00/B 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 01/U 11/U
HDN 045/079 049/087 054/094 057/101 061/098 062/096 062/092
00/B 00/U 00/U 00/G 00/U 00/B 11/B
MLS 045/076 049/086 055/092 059/098 063/097 065/095 065/091
00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/B 22/W
4BQ 047/075 052/084 057/091 061/097 065/096 066/095 067/091
00/U 10/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 01/B 21/B
BHK 042/074 046/082 052/089 056/096 060/095 060/093 060/089
00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 01/B 32/T
SHR 043/077 047/085 050/092 055/097 059/096 061/095 060/091
00/K 20/U 00/U 00/U 00/U 01/U 01/U
BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MT...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
ZONE 133.
WY...NONE.
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
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